page_title: Brambling
section_title: Behaviour and ecology
hierarchical_section_title: Brambling / Behaviour and ecology
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Ei von Nordfink . Sammlung von Jacques Perrin de BrichambautEnglish&#x3a;&#32; Egg of Brambling Collection of Jacques Perrin de BrichambautFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Œuf de pinson du Nord. Collection de Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut
context_page_description: The brambling is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has also been called the cock o' the north and the mountain finch. It is widespread and migratory, often seen in very large flocks.
context_section_description: This species is almost entirely migratory. In Europe, it forms large flocks in the winter, sometimes with thousands or even millions of birds in a single flock. Such large gatherings occur especially if beech mast is abundant. Bramblings do not require beech mast in the winter, but winter flocks of bramblings will move until they find it. This may be an adaptation to avoid competition with the common chaffinch. Bramblings mostly eat seedsin winter, but insects in summer. It builds its nest in a tree fork, and decorates the exterior with moss or lichen to make it less conspicuous. It lays 4–9 eggs.
caption: Eggs of Fringilla montifringilla MHNT
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